courts

Accessing federal courts for Native Americans living on Wind River Reservation can be a hardship for those forced to use federal judicial services.

Native American offenders and victims of major crimes that occur in Indian Country go through the federal court system, yet for Wind River residents showing up to court can mean a 600-mile roundtrip. That’s because trials are held primarily at the federal court houses in Casper and Cheyenne.

A federal appeals court has ordered Campbell County Memorial Hospital to pay a Nevada woman $2 million for damages she suffered when a doctor there failed to diagnose that her husband had broken his neck in a vehicle accident.

The Northern Arapaho Tribe is pressing itslegal claim that tribal members shouldn't be subject to taxation bythe state of Wyoming or Fremont County on lands around Riverton. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver is set to hear anappeal from the Northern Arapaho next week. The tribe is appealinga 2009 ruling by Judge Clarence Brimmer of Cheyenne that dismissedits legal challenge. Brimmer ruled the Northern Arapaho Tribe's lawsuit couldn'tproceed without the involvement of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe and